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Sanwal Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Sanwal is a medium size village located in Chaurah Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 189 families residing. The Sanwal village has population of 1300 of which 685 are males while 615 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sanwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 263 which makes up 20.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sanwal village is 898 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Sanwal as per census is 892, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Sanwal village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sanwal village was 45.42 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Sanwal Male literacy stands at 56.96 % while female literacy rate was 32.59 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sanwal village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Sanwal village.

Sanwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 189 - -
Population 1,300 685 615
Child (0-6) 263 139 124
Schedule Caste 481 272 209
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 45.42 % 56.96 % 32.59 %
Total Workers 631 319 312
Main Worker 534 - -
Marginal Worker 97 17 80

Caste Factor

In Sanwal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.00 % of total population in Sanwal village. The village Sanwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sanwal village out of total population, 631 were engaged in work activities. 84.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 631 workers engaged in Main Work, 511 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.